On July 14, 2017, destiny manifest. In a bright room in the offices of ABKCO Music & Records in New York City, I sat with maestro...

One of Japan’s most well-known film directors Nobuhiko Obayashi visited New York City’s Japan Society to attend the largest retrospective...

In his work as a filmmaker Portuguese director Miguel Gomes strives to discover the film, and by this approach he exposes its...

Every July, Japan Society hosts the much-awaited festival of new Japanese films Japan Cuts! Actors and directors visit the festival to...

Filmmaker Godfrey Reggio has been conversing with us through film since his legendary “Koyaanisqatsi.” Through varied approaches he has...

In French filmmaker Catherine Breillat’s new film “Abuse of Weakness (Abus de faiblesse),” film director Maud (Isabelle Huppert) suffers...

French filmmaker Claire Denis exhibits the unspoken elements of our world through cinema. Works like “Beau Travail” showed paranoia of...

In contemporary China, the rise of consumer ideology has been remarkable. Yet the rapid economic growth, which has given the country...

Where is the beginning and the end? Abbas Kiarostami’s new film “Like Someone in Love” drops you right into the middle of a conversation...

Norwegian film director Joachim Trier communicates with his delicate voice through film. Full of life, non-judgement and optimism dwell...

Jean-Dominique Bauby to Dominic Greene, French actor Mathieu Amalric transforms his energy for different characters like a chameleon. His...

Controversial filmmaker David Cronenberg gained his “body horror” reputation from science fiction movies like “Scanners,” “Videodrome”...